Improvement in tratelling-bags



JACOB 'LAGoWTz lor NEWARK, `NEW 1r-Esser.

Letters Patent 77,497', dated May 5, 1868.

4IlltIPROVEliIEILIT IN TRAVBLLING-BAGS.

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Tonne WHoM 11'; Mer-QONGERN:

Beit known that I, Jsoo *L Aeownz, of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State ofv New Jersey, have invented s new and useful Improvement in TravellinggBagst and I do hereby declar that the following is a full, clear, and exact description' thereof, which will`enable others skilled inthe art to malte and use the stime, reference being had to thescompanyingdrawings,forming a. part ofI this specification, in which- Figure'l represents a front -view vof' my improved travelling-bag.' FigureZ is a detail transverse section of the same, taken on the plane offthe line a: 2e, iig. 1.-A

Similar letters ofreference'indicete corresponding parts.

Thisl invention relates 'to a new manner of prevent-ing the ends of travelling-bags from getting loose, andconsists in attaching, to each of the links by which vthe ends' of the handle-are connected with the bag, two

arms, which, when the bag is suspendedifrom the handle, fit over and around the sides of the frame, holding the,

same together. and relievingvthelock1M A, in the drawing,l represents a'. Satchel, valise, travelling-bag, o r carpetfbag, of ordinary or suitable construction. B represents the chain or strap, which is the handle of the bag'. i The vtwo ends of the chain or handle B are secured to links a a, which are, in any suitable manner, Ihinged to the upper edge or foce ofthe bag-frame. From the links a'a project downward plates 4or arms lfb, which, vtlen the. bag is suspended from the strap, ns vin figs. 1 and 2, lap over the sides of'the frame, so as to keep the same closed ne'nrth'e ends, to'prevent it from opening at the ends, and to relieve the lock.- i I p When the bag is to be opened, the links areturned on their pivots,A so as to bring-the arms b b in line 'with orabove the upper edge of the lfname, as is indcate'dby red lines' in iig. 1.

l As soon as the strap is taken hold of, it will at once canse the links to swing up, and the arms, b, to lap over'the sides of the bag, to close the same.

A small spring, c, is arranged betweenthe pivdtedport-ion of the link vand the top-ot the frame, toloclg the eccentric or flattened lower bei' of such linkin vtheopen position, 'so'that the device will remain up, aixdwill not spontaneously lock the hagas long as the strap i3 is undisturbed. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl 1. An automatic device for-closing travelling-bags, consisting of the links or rings a n, to which the .ends

of the chain or strap-handle B are secured,` and which carry thenr-ms 6 b that fit over the 'sides of the bug',

substantially as herein shown and described 2.y The -ubove in combination with the spring c, made as set forth..

. i JACOB LAGOWITZ, Witnesses: l v l i v WM. I4'. McNAMARA, ALEX. F. Ronnnrs. 

